…in my Se7en Deadly Sins of Knitting contest:
Keatyn
Maaike
Caroline
Kadi
Tara
Robyn
Dianne
Criquette snuck in at the almost-last minute.
Keep ’em coming- only 46 minutes to go!
p.s. Just so you know how this will all go down…tomorrow I will give you each a number based on your order in this running tally of entries (Keatyn is #1, Maaike is #2, and so on). I will use a random-number generator to choose the winning number. Easy-peasy.
Seeing as how I’ve never met a deadline I didn’t like, I’ve got a lot on my knitting plate right now. That still didn’t stop me from throwing some (5!!) new projects into the mix.
Remember those swatches I showed you? They became bunnies!
A friend is in town with her young daughter and I wanted to make her a little something. (I admit to also being influenced by the cuteness of Amy’s swatch bunny and wanting to make one myself).
The pink one is for Rebecca.
This wee little bunny is TINY!
All together only an inch and a half long! Yannick thinks an 18 month old might try to swallow the bunny, so I’ll tell her mother to put it away until she thinks she’s old enough to play with it.
Here’s a link to the free pattern.
I really wanted one for myself too, which led to this little guy:
Isn’t he precious? I followed the pattern as written for each, but modified the ears so they wouldn’t end up too huge. Plus I added a little loop on mine so I can hang it on my keychain.
It will be hard to separate the two- they seem to be getting along quite well!
I don’t know why this photo has me thinking of the Cabbage Patch Kids.
So those are 2 of the 5 new projects. This weekend I also worked on a little something for one of the girls in Jakob’s playgroup. The first of our kids turned 1, and we had a little party for her on Monday. Everyone had agreed “no gifts” but I couldn’t show up empty handed, so I make a quick little cupcake for her. It only took 2 hours to knit, stuff and sew, and I put a bell inside too so that it rattles.
I had wanted to put a “B” on top for Brooklyn, the birthday girl, but after I knit the icord and held it in place, it looked really stupid and bulky (instead of sweet and icing-y like I’d envisioned). Yannick encouraged me to add some sprinkles instead.
The pattern is a free one, from here. I did make a few modifications. Besides not doing the cherry on top, I skipped row 1 and went right into the increase row to avoid the point at the bottom that I saw on some finished ones. I also added an increase row after the first k row of the icing section. I did a *p1, yo, rep from * around” row, and on the following row I purled but every time I got to one of the yarn-overs I purled it through the back loop to close the hole. After purling another row or so I did a *p2tog, repeat from * around” row to get back to the original number of stitches. I wanted the cupcake top to have a puffy look where it joined the cake part. I didn’t stuff it exactly right, but it gives a look closer to what I’d wanted.
This was a good weekend.
On Saturday there was some of this:
Can you guess what those are? That’s a penny in there for scale.
Later that night there was some of this:
We went for dinner with one of the other moms in Jakob’s playgroup, and her husband and baby. She is actually married to someone I grew up with so it almost feels like we’ve been hanging out forever.
Today we had some of this:
My family came over to help Yannick grout the tiles in our den, but of course there were “Jakob breaks” every 10 minutes or so. Luckily the smurf took some naps, or they wouldn’t have gotten any work done!
There was also some of this:
My dad brought Jakob a Rubix Cube. He’s determined to give Jakob “thinker’s” toys to keep his brain working. My dad is also a huge fan of Art Bell, and his latest obsession is the Coral Castle…so I’m just lucky that he didn’t show up with a huge box of magnets (not that that won’t be cool once Jakob is old enough to not swallow them!).
Finally, there was some of this:
Can you tell what this is? I think I left too many details showing- I don’t think it is actually that hard to guess.
Answers tomorrow!
Go figure, one of the few times I manage to sneak into Ravelry during the day it goes down for maintenance!
Oh well. I’m slowly working my way through adding my wips and fos to my notebook. Then it will be time to organize my stash. Oh, my stash. 🙂
Speaking of stash, 3 balls of Dream in Color Smooshy got added to it last night! No, Maaike, this does NOT count as a yarn purchase. The yarn was actually ordered in December, before starting this “year of the stash” nonsense. I’m allowed to pay now for what was previously ordered- Yannick’s rule, not mine. :p I bought it from Robyn’s shop, and I’ll take some photos when I get home.
To celebrate my blog reaching seven hundred and seventy seven posts, I’m holding a contest.
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Envy is the desire for others’ traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
So there you have it- my Seven Deadly Knitting Sins. I want to know what yours are. You can send your list by email, you can post it in a comment to this post, or you can post it to your blog and leave me a comment here to go take a look. You can use all words or you can include photos. My only condition is that you list something for each of the seven sins.
The contests starts today, and will end at midnight Wednesday, April 2 2008. That gives you 7 days to play.
Before I go, here are a few photos:
Mommy with Jakob at 45 weeks. He’s getting so big! This photo isn’t so great ‘cus he looks much chubbier than he is, but you can always go back a few posts and see him in his pjs on the rocking chair to know that he doesn’t have all that pudge. I’m not sure if you can click on the photo to see it bigger, but if you can- look at those teeth! You can also get a look at some family and wedding photos in the screen behind us. 🙂
I actually took this photo a few days ago but never got around to posting it. Since we had our time change so early in the year, there is so much light in the house when I get home from work! I took this photo at 6:30 at night, with no flash, in a room with one big window. I couldn’t get enough of the natural light and so I took this wip photo. Finally I managed to get one photo that shows the colors accurately AND shows the cable. This is the same cardigan front I showed you a few weeks ago.
Tonight there was a West Island Knitters meetup at a local brasserie (tavern) and I finished the front piece. I also helped my cousin Amy finish her swatch bunny. This was her first time seaming, and came right on the heels of her first time purling and her first time following a “pattern”.
It is so cute! Go over to her site to check it out, I’m sure she’ll have FO photos to share. As if I didn’t have enough on my plate- now I want one!
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Last week was a blur. Jakob was still sick. Yannick was sick. I wasn’t sick- but was taking care of the two of them. Absolutely no housework got done. By the time I got Jakob into bed, Yannick was usually in bed himself and by then I didn’t want to do ANYTHING. Some knitting was done, but I can’t show you. I’m working on a new design and it has been driving me crazy. Every night I’d finish getting the boys to bed, make myself some supper and sit down in front of the TV. I’d finish eating by 8:30pm. I’d take out my knitting, get started, realize some error in my chart, and head up to the computer to fix it. I’d have a new chart printed by 9:30/10pm, then sit back down in front of the TV. If I was lucky I’d have an hour to knit before realizing a new error. The next day I’d work on the chart at work, come home and repeat the process. I thought I had it all finished by the time we went up north Saturday after work, but after knitting for 2 days I realized I wanted to make yet another change, so all that work will be pulled out too. (So even if I could show you, I’d have nothing to show you ‘cus it is all being ripped out. That’s a small consolation, right?)
We spent the weekend up north celebrating Easter with Yannick’s family.
I took this cute photo of Yannick’s mom and his nephew/godson Justin helping Jakob go for a walk.
Sunday morning Jakob met his first Easter bunny. (Yes his pjs have been changed – we’re having diaper issues. Anyone know of the most leak-proof for boys??). Yannick’s sister wanted to see Jakob’s reaction to tasting his first chocolate, but I didn’t let him try it.
I know you’re missing a “Mommy with Jakob at 44 weeks” photo, and that’s for a good reason. I look HORRIBLE in it!
According to What to Expect the First Year:
By ten months, your baby
…should be able to:
-stand holding on to someone or something CHECK (this is his favorite thing to do)
-pull up to a standing position from sitting CHECK
-object if you try to take a toy away NO- he’s good natured and doesn’t object to much
-say “mama” or “dada” indiscriminately CHECK
-play peekaboo CHECK
-exchange back-and-forth gestures with you CHECK
…will probably be able to:
-get into a sitting position from stomach NO (he did it once but seems to have forgotten how)
-play patty-cake (clap hands) or wave bye-bye CHECK
-pick up tiny object with any part of thumb and finger CHECK
-walk holding on to furniture CHECK
-understand “no” (but not always obey it) CHECK
…may possibly be able to:-stand alone momentarily
-say “dada” or “mama” discriminately NO (but I think he said AT once when he saw Sam, our cat)
-point to something to get needs met NO
…may even be able to:
-indicate wants in ways other than crying CHECK (he smacks his lips when he’s hungry)
-“play ball” (roll a ball back to you) NO (but he’s thrown it to play “fetch” once or twice)
-drink from a cup independently CHECK (but water gets everywhere! Does it count if he doesn’t do it neatly?)
-pick up a tiny object neatly with tips of thumb and forefinger CHECK
-stand alone well NO (but he can do it for a moment)
-use immature jargoning (gibberish that sounds as if baby is talking in a made-up foreign language) NO (but he does repeat sounds like dadadadada in a way that sounds like he’s trying to have a conversation)
-say one word other than “mama” or “dada” NO (unless he really did say AT for “cat”)
-respond to a one-step command with gestures (“Give that to me”- with hand out) CHECK
-walk well NO
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